Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
MoyDAY, Feb Is.


Senate The house labor arbitration
bill passed without amendment. The
house bill TO prevent the employment Of
convict OF alien labor on the public
buildings or public works in the prepare
ton of material for public buildings or
public works, passed. Upon motion of
Mr. Miller the pleuro pneumonia bill was
taken up. The motion to reconsider the
vote on Son. Edmuuds substitute adopted
last week was carried. The question
then recurring on Sen. Edmunds' substi-
tute, it was elected yeas p, nays 20. Sex
Van Wyck renewed his amendment OK
tending the application Of the bill to the
swine plague and cholera and other con
tegious diseases among swine. 1t was
adopted. The bill was then passed-yeas,
-; nays, 10. After twenty minutes secret
session the senate adjourned.
Ho1iSs.-The house in committee of tho
whole considered the legislative approPri-
alton bill. Tho LiA having been read by
paragraphs for amendment, Mr.. Blanch-
ard, of Louisiana, raised a point of order
against the words, 'In full compensa-
ton, in the appropriation clause. The
chair submitted the point of order to the
decision of the committee. The com
mittee decided, 1G5 10 p, that the point
was we'll taken, and the words were strick-
en- from the bill. The house in the even
ing session considered the resolutions eN-
pressive Of regret at the demise of Rep
resantatiye Cole OF Maryland and hon
oring his momory. Eulogistic addresses
were delivered, aud the resolutions were
then adopted. The house went into com
mittce of the whole on the Legislative APP
preparation bill. At 100 n. me- without
having concluded the consideration of
half of the bills She committee rose and
took recess until ten o'clock to-mor
row.
TUESDAY,, March /.
Seuais-The presiding officer submitted
the message from the president yetoing
the senate bill for public building at La
Fayette, Ind. The mes sage was referred
TO the committee on public bnlld ugs
and grounds, Tho naval appropriation
bin was read second time aud referred
70 commltteeou appropriations Fifty
seven pension bills we're then
passed i'm twetny five minutes. On mo.
tion uf sen Plat, the house bill to annex
Il norton OF Idaho to Washington tcrri-
tory. was taken from the calanaar and
passed with amendments. A conference
was asked on the amendments. The res
olutious in honor Of the memory OF tho
late Mes-rs. Arnot, Beade and Dowdaey
representatives from the state of New
York. we're presented 10y SEN. Miller, who
addressed the senate in the eulog3 of the
deceased. Sen. Blackburn also eulogl1ed
Arnot. Like resolutions referring 20 the
death of the late Mr. Price, of Wisconsin
j :. " Il
dressed the senate The resolutions Were
seyerally adopted and then the senate az
l1.i0 p. m, adjourned
House The bill making m appropFia
ton for the payment of MeNlcau pen
sions was passed, II appropriates -,
100000 for the remainder of the hSea
year, aud S4,60000Q for the next hscR
year. Mr.. Paysou, of Illinois, submitted
the conference report on the blA rtstrlct
ING to American citizens the ownership
in territories of real estate, and II wa
agreed to. Ia the evening session large
lumber Of bills were passed authorizing
the construction of bridges, among then
the fonowing Across the Missouri riFe'
~ Kansas City and at Omaha, across tht
Mississippi river at heekuk. Aalenrheu
WEDNESDAY, March >.
.Sel,afs The day and evening was takei
IN in discussing the naval appropriation
bill. Many amendments were proposed
some of which we're adopted ans
some rejected. One important
amendment which was adopted
strikes out the house provision
for two swift, double-bottom steel cfuis
ers and four gunhoats, all e cost exclus
4 ice OF armament, not over S6.oOooao' an
inserts in lieu thereof the section proYid
I ing for the construction by contract q